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TAMPA – If eHarmony is the Web site bringing lovebirds to the threshold of marriage, Facebookis the one showing up for the divorce.
The world’s most popular social media site is revolutionizing the divorce experience, pouring toxin into virtually every stage of a collapsing marriage.
Rekindling old flames into blazing affairs. Exposing the “Exhibit A” thatdivorce lawyers wave in the courtroom. Providing a global stage for feuding spouses to torch each other’s reputations in multi-media splendor.
Take, for instance, the Tampa wife who videotaped fights with her husband (camera in one hand, accusing finger in the other), to post onFacebook later. A child psychologist called it “like a reality TV show.”
Or the Tampa husband with a Facebook fixation, who posted minute-by-minute updates about his frustrations with parenting. Lawyers for his wife gleefully turned the online confessions against him in court.
Facebook is “like gasoline on the fire,” said Chris Ragano, a Tampa attorney who says Facebook turns up in more than half of new cases each month. Now, he orders every new client to cancel their Facebookaccount on Day 1 of his retainer – but not before using the account to collect evidence against the other side.
“One side posts something nasty, and the other can’t help but retaliate, and we’re off to the races,” Ragano said. “It’s World War III.”
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